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ESTHER'S INHERITANCE
By: Sandor Marai
Knopf
November 2008
On Sale: November 4, 2008
160 pages
ISBN: 1400045002
EAN: 9781400045006
Hardcover
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What is it to be in love with a pathological liar and fantasist? Esther is, and has been for more than twenty years. Lajos, the liar, married her sister, and when she died, Lajos disappeared. Or did he? And Esther? She was left with her elderly cousin, the all-knowing Nunu, and a worn old house, living a life of the most modest comforts. All is well, but all is tired. Until a telegram arrives announcing that, after all these years, Lajos is returning with his children. The news brings both panic and excitement. While no longer young and thoroughly skeptical about Lajos and his lies, Esther still remembers how incredibly alive she felt when he was around. Lajosβs presence bewitches everyone, and the greatest part of his charmβand his dangerβlies in the deftness with which he wields that delicate power. Nothing good can come of this: friends rally round, but Lajosβs arrival, complete with entourage, begins a day of high theater. Estherβs Inheritance has the taut economy of MΓ‘raiβs Embers, and presents a remarkable narrator who delivers the story as both tragedy and comedy on an intimate scale that nevertheless has archetypal power.
 Media BuzzMorning Edition - December 11, 2008
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